Matt Wisler, one of San Diego's top minor league prospects, has been called up from Double-A San Antonio and will start on the mound tonight in the El Paso Chihuahuas' final game of this eight-game homestand.

Wisler, just 21, was 1-0 with six solid starts in San Antonio. He had a 2.10 earned run average and he struck out 35 batters in 30 innings.

The 6-foot-3, 195-pound right-hander was drafted out of Bryan High School in Ohio in 2011. He had signed a letter-of-intent with Ohio State.

Wisler is rated the No. 2 prospect in the Padre organization by Baseball American and is ranked the No. 3 prospect by MLB.com.

FEELING AT HOME

The Chihuahuas were feeling their way in the new ball park in the first four games of this homestand against Fresno. And hits were hard to come by.

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But El Paso has scored 27 runs and collected 38 hits in the three games against a good Sacramento team.

And, by the way, Fresno left El Paso with a four game sweep and went to Albuquerque and won four straight there. Evidently, the Grizzlies are a little bit hot right now.

BLANKS SECOND

El Paso first baseman Kyle Blanks is second in the Pacific Coast League with nine home runs. Jonathan Singleton, Oklahoma City, has 10.

Nine home runs in 30 games is a pretty fierce pace.

NICE THROW

A man caught a foul ball with his glove on the first row of the upper deck on the third base side Sunday afternoon.

It was a nice catch.

He gave the ball to his little girl ... who made a nice throw ... all the way back down onto the field.

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El Paso third baseman Alex Castellanos (who had a base hit and a key sacrifice bunt) trotted over, picked up the ball and fired a strike back to the man in the upper deck. Perfect peg. And another good catch.

And the ball ended up where it belonged.

VALUABLE

Cody Decker caught Sunday, was the designated hitter Saturday, played third base Friday and played first base before that.

Decker also has seven hits in his last three games — three doubles Friday, a home run and a single Saturday and a pair of singles Sunday.

"That kid wasn't on anybody's big league radar," said El Paso manager Pat Murphy, "until they figured out he could catch, play third, play first, play the outfield. And he can hit and hit with power. And he is a great teammate. He really cares about the guys."